However, skin color does exist so it can be a descriptor. The meaning of Race has changed over history, but it's always described where a group comes from. It can be still be used to say, this group of people believes they come from this specific origin.

Example - Muslims, Jews and Christians have a different view of creation even if they all believe in the same god, that means they can be separated into different races.

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Skincolours exist. Races only exist as result of purpose-breeding or many generations worth of separation

Pretending that races of humans exist enabled us to justify black slavery, and nowadays enables people to blame genetics for things caused by how (capitalist) society is organised

Race does exist in some species, chimpanzees for instance. It is biological and races are often referred to as subspecies. There are large genetic variations that can be seen in DNA and races can be determined by a number of factors including DNA.

There are no biological races in humans. We are all very closely related. There is more genetic variation in a troop of fifty chimpanzees than there is in the entire human population on the planet. Obviously there are regional differences in appearance but these differences are superficial and do not constitute races. Race in humans is entirely sociological, not biological which is why almost every country in the world has stopped classifying people by race.

Skin colour in humans is a gradation. Melanin in the skin protects the skin from sunburn but it also prevents the skin from producing vitamin D. Near the equator, the strength of the Sun is sufficient to overcome the vitamin D problem while the melanin protects the skin. As you move further from the equator the solar angle becomes less and the Sun becomes weaker. This means that less melanin is required to protect the skin but at the same time less melanin allows greater vitamin D production. As a consequence the further you get from the equator, the paler the skin becomes. You see this clearly in Africa where there is very dark skin in equatorial regions but much paler skin in northern and southern Africa. Skin colour is not a racial marker, it is just a normal variation of alleles within one species.